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‘We’ll wait for concrete proposals’ EU officials and diplomats, however, told POLITICO that behind the scenes the speech had been received positively in the European capital. “The mood is positive and commitment to have a good summit is definitely there,” said one EU official, who like others in this article was granted anonymity to speak candidly. “There is a lot of work ongoing to prepare for it.” Diplomats say that reaction among other EU member countries has also so far been broadly positive — if somewhat wary. One EU diplomat wondered aloud whether Burnham’s grand about-face would undermine the rationale…
Published on 30/09/2026 – 16:13 GMT+2 NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has told Euronews there is no immediate threat to the alliance’s territory, adding that he does not take Russia’s nuclear threats seriously because Moscow could never win a confrontation with NATO. “We have prepared for this, we have planned for this, and this is true for the whole of NATO,” Rutte said at the Euronews Defence & Space Summit in Brussels on Wednesday. “We will defend every inch of NATO territory. That threat is not there, and if anything happens, we are ready to counter it.” His remarks follow…
Dozens of activists gathered outside OpenAI’s developer conference at San Francisco’s Fort Mason Center on Tuesday, marching, chanting and holding signs and banners. Protesters called on the company to end contracts with the US military and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, while demanding greater regulation of artificial intelligence. Activists also raised concerns about AI’s impact on jobs, working conditions, climate and household costs. Inside the conference, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman unveiled new AI agents and announced a series of product updates.
In-flight wifi is incredibly divisive. Some love being able to scroll on TikTok while zooming through the sky at 35,000ft in a metal can – others hate that one of the few spaces where you can actually log off has been taken from us. Wherever you stand on the debate, we think you can agree that the only thing worse than no wifi is bad wifi. Luckily for us, Skytrax has just revealed its ranking of the top 10 airlines with the world’s best in-flight wifi, meaning you’ll never have to worry about being offline again if you choose to…
Visitors to the Estonian pavilion at this year’s Venice International Art Biennale may have been surprised to see the country’s representative Merike Estna in person, creating her latest works. During the past five months, right before people’s eyes, she has methodically made The House of Leaking Sky exhibition which consists of 22 large canvases. “The pavilion shows three monumental works. The long bench that is 26 metres. Then the floor [25,000 tiles] people walk on, which I think of kind of as a mind map for the project and then the painting behind me which I started with empty canvas,”…
Die AfD steckt in einem Konflikt über ihre einstige Kernforderung. Während Parteichefin Alice Weidel und der europapolitische Sprecher Peter Boehringer den EU-Austritt als Ultima Ratio ins Spiel bringen, wirbt der Chef der Parteijugend Pascal Hohm für den Erhalt des Euro. Warum dieser Vorstoß für Turbulenzen sorgt, analysieren Pauline von Pezold und Frederik Schindler. In Sachsen-Anhalt greift die AfD derweil nach den Schalthebeln der Macht: Der Abgeordnete Tobias Rausch soll Landtagspräsident werden, während Ulrich Siegmund im Dezember als Ministerpräsident kandidiert. Ob das Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht dabei zum heimlichen Mehrheitsbeschaffer wird, zeigt der Blick hinter die Kulissen des neuen Landtags. Für diplomatischen…
A migrant in a wheelchair, with serious injuries to his ankles, arms and torso, says he was pushed by soldiers from a height of more than six metres. When Amnesty International spoke to him in Ceuta, he complained that he had not even been given an X-ray and had only received an emergency bandage. His is one of the accounts included in an investigation that describes beatings, humiliations and summary expulsions from Cueta and which, according to the organisation, reveals abuses that could amount to torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. Blows with batons and boots, people restrained…
Five Indonesian prison officials, including the head of Cibinong Prison near Jakarta, have been suspended following the discovery of an alleged luxury compound for inmates. Indonesia’s Ombudsman found more than 10 residential units equipped with air conditioning, large-screen TVs, refrigerators and sofas, as well as a gym and a golf simulator under construction. Authorities are investigating how the facilities were used and whether inmates paid for preferential treatment.
Inflation continues to climb on the back of rising energy prices due to the disruption cause by the Iran war. In Italy, just like in Spain, price increases are now at the highs of the recent years. According to preliminary estimates released by Istat, in September the national consumer price index for the whole community (NIC) jumped by +0.7% month-on-month, with a year-on-year acceleration that pushes the annual rate to +4.2% (from +3.3% in August). To find a higher level of inflation we have to go back three years, to September 2023, when the annual change reached 5.3%. The “invisible…
By Dianne Apen-Sadler Published on 24/06/2026 – 12:38 GMT+2•Updated 30/09/2026 – 12:55 GMT+2 Etihad Rail has officially launched its route between Abu Dhabi and Dubai, marking the first time the two emirates have been connected by passenger train. Travellers can now go between the UAE capital and the major tourist hub in just over an hour. Tickets are priced at AED39 (€9.35) in comfort class, with premium seats coming in at AED109 (€26.13). Etihad Rail first launched in late June, with trains going from Abu Dhabi to Fujairah, an emirate on the country’s east coast. The rail network will then be…